..about what I've been doing and thinking about as of lately, which is mostly school but also some other fun stuff.

1) I've been at a youth-club today and saw some bands. There was really only one band I went to see, whose members I know and are acquainted with. They impressed me (not that I didn't know they were good, I had seen them before but their vocalist was sick so it was more of a side-project, not like this performance at all) but the genre they play isn't my kind of thing. Still pretty cool, though, and I got to meet friends I hadn't seen in a while.

2) Hall-o-ween. It's not really a big holiday over here, which sucks arseballs. I mean, how can you pass on a holiday for dressing up, seeing scary movies and free candy?
Anyway. I arranged this thing at my granddad's place, of all places, haha. About half of the class came, and that wasn't as many as I'd hoped for, but some people did already have plans, which is understandable. Some dressed up, some didn't (I was Pinky the Pirate), but all came in pretty high spirits. We watched The Hills Have Eyes 2. Was sort of scary when we were watching, but it didn't really give that creepy feeling afterwards that good horror movies do. We also played some Spin the Bottle, but with relatively un-dramatic challenges. All was good fun, basically. I'm aiming at having a similar thing on a day when everyone can come, cause the persons I'd most wished for weren't there.

3) Oasis are coming here in January, so me and bokhylle are skipping the first class and maybe the second to get in line for tickets. Look at that; I'm consciously skipping school. Eeek, I feel so torn about it.

4) About school: I'm doing pretty well in the subjects I've gotten feedback on so far, which makes me happy. I still have to work on Maths a bit more, but my teacher has said that he hopes I'll do well enough to get the grade he feels I deserve. Not happy with my atm grade in Norwegian, but it's a three year subject so I'm not too concerned about it.

5) If the world could vote. Click the link and throw in your vote for the US presidential candidate you would vote for. Personally, I'm rooting for Obama. I really want to stay up and watch the election on the 4th, like I did in 2004. I remember being really pissed off at humanity when Kerry didn't win, haha, and I wasn't really aware of things as much as I am now. It's funny to think that that was 4 years ago. Really. I remember always thinking Kerry was named Kennedy, for some reason.

6) I wish I had the time to do NaNoWriMo. I have a lot of ideas swirling around my head, but I never get any further than a page before I stop writing because I need to go and do something else. Bleh.

7) My atm favourite song that I think everyone should hear. The band is the same as Slaves To Gravity, under their former name The*Ga*Ga*s. They were the warm up act for Goo Goo Dolls when I saw 'em. I gotta say, they're a relief and a contrast to todays many bad music scenes.

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8) OMG SOON CHRISTMAS! We have snow here, had it for two days. Don't think it'll last, though. It's usually like this; snows for a couple of days, then the snow melts and there is no more snow until mid-January. I'm sincerely hoping for a white Christmas, but I'll just have to wait and see.

DEAD IS THE NEW ALIVE!1!@!

But seriously; Emilie Autumn last night was am-az-ing. It was the most show-oriented concert I've ever been to, and it was really very cool. Just.. the set-list was great, they played all the songs I really like, and they were so nice at the signing when I talked to them. They seemed genuinely happy that I told them that I was impressed, and one of them signed the CD I brought with "Follow your dreams!" and another called me gorgeous, which was nice but not really something I took seriously seeing as she went around kissing about any girl who was up for it, haha. And I went all by myself! First concert I've gone to alone ever. I was surprised it could be that great still.

As a consequence, I've been dressed up sort of cabaret-ish today.

( Here's the attire and the new hair )

OMG EDDIE IZZARD ON TV *runs* and Harry Shearer, on The Graham Norton Show! But my dad is being stupid and says he was watching a movie (THAT YOU CAN RENT), so he just swapped channels. I gotta pester him to see the damned thing. I hate when dad doesn't understand what is important to me. Like back in 2007, when My Chemical Romance came to Norway, I ran around crying in the apartment and asked if I could go, and he just went: "No". Without even hearing me out! He's so unwilling to communicate sometimes.

Comments on the show: Harry Shearer is the nicest man ever. He just agreed to call a fan who made a lego-Simpsons intro. In a Mr. Burns voice. But honestly, that guy sucked at English. Mr. Izzard doesn't seem to agree with me. And they're showing The Death Star Canteen :D Ahh, the small pleasures of being a geek. And Harry Shearer's released a CD with satirical songs that I want. It's called Tales of the Busmen, and features pres. Bush with a bone through his nose on the cover.

And and I was at this concert that I forgot to mention a week ago or something, with Kaizers Orchestra. That was cool, but the least interesting show I've been to because we had to be in the "Under 18" area. 's cool that they're Norwegian, though. It makes the fact that their music is good so much more interesting.
And on Norwegian music, check out this song. It is awesome. I heard it last night, and it's all I've been listening to today.

/end ranty blog-post.

John answered my question! I was browsing down and reading it, and then I saw my name and was like ".. huh? .. yay! : D" It's been a while since I asked the question, I didn't even recognize it.
This is the third time my question has been answered in the Inner Machine (Goo fanclub), haha. I still need Robby to answer, though.
I am now in search of the Kinks song he wants to cover.

Also, Mike Malinin(inininininin) had his birthday the 10th. Happy belated 41st birthday to another of my favourite men in the whole wide world.



Has happened since last time:

- I was asked to write an article on the place where I saw Dum Dum Boys. One of the girls is a friend of my best friend, and I said to her that if they needed any help they only needed to contact me. She called me Thursday and asked if I could write the article, and I said yes. I'm sort of flattered, but also anxious that I won't have it done til Tuesday because I have all these tests I need to practice for (and I am a huge procrastinator). I'm only glad to help, though. I mean, these girls are doing me and every music lover under 19 a huge favor (the club is for 13 to 18 year olds), and they're only 16 themselves.

- Was classtrippin' with my class. omg anfaDKdslaskjdkAKJ ♥ I love my class so much it makes me want to cry. We rented a completely ace cabin for nothing and went camping there from Friday til Saturday with almost the entire class. We had a room where we were gonna sleep, and we had all these mattresses I put out all over the floor so it became sort of like a tumbling ground, and we had a huge pillow fight up there, just smacking each other with pillows and we were playing games and eating candy and telling ghost stories (no one of the girls dared to go pee alone after that) and most of us slept approx. 3 hours. I might put up some pictures as soon as they're up on Facebook (I AM A DISGRACE I KNOW).

- Was in a 80's/90s themed birthday yesterday. Um, not that much to say except that I was deadbeat after having slept three hours and I kept falling asleep when we were watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I love Johnny Depp.

Right now I'm having a major headache. Probably due to a long school day complete with a geography test, and maximum 4 hours of sleep. Durrrr, not a good idea.
Felt like the test went well, but it never ends up the way you think it will.

Hm. Interesting things that has happened:

- I went to this intimate, 150 people concert with DumDum Boys, one of the most famous Norwegian rock bands. I wasn't really planning on going, but man am I glad I went. It was amazing, I stood all the way up front, the music was a lot cooler than I thought before, I got a pick, I met a lot of people I know (probably 15% - 20%) and it was generally an awesome experience. As said, so glad I went.

- Had this girly girl night for my friends from elementary/junior high/whatever is correct in terms of translating the Norwegian school system to the English/American one. We split up in separated cliques, as usual, and that both made me and makes me really sad to think about. I wish people would just grow the fuck up sometimes. Alright, some of my friends don't get along that well, but I wish they'd think about something bigger than themselves for once (like the fact that I spend 400 kr of my own money and go out of the way to make taco, just because they wanted it).

- The American dude I mentioned in this post is most likely going to stay at my place a couple of weeks. The bureau he's with, AFS, is sort of in a crisis, and they're unable to find a family to replace the current welcome family. I'm more than happy to lend out my place, and mom's more or less said yes. Good for her English, good for my English and good for his Norwegian. And anyway, he's a friend now. I'm more than happy to help him out :)

- We've got a stationary bike in our basement. Helloooo, exercise.

- Cabin trip with my class from Friday to Saturday asskjglfaklgjafgsn ♥

Um. Yeah. I'm terribly full right now. Ate too much <_< Bad habit, that. I keep losing and then gaining weight because of it. Anyway, ought to do my Russian homework. Will do it. Soon. Very soon. I promise.

Haha, I've spent approx. an hour writing this. I'm very easily distracted, I think.

Guh. I've just found out something about myself that me-x-years-back-in-time would've spat at: I think my musical taste really is more rock -> the easier stuff, as opposed to rock -> the heavier stuff. My reasoning for this particular statement is this video, Adrienne by The Calling (you may remeber their song Wherever You Will Go, made a bigtime hit. Much like Iris, methinks).

Anyway. It's just such a nostalgic song for me. I used to listen to it all the time back in 9th grade, I think, and damn. I love it.

You know, there's nothing wrong with liking powepop. I've just come to that realization some months ago, and I am proud. I like fucking everything I want, and people can think what they want.

For example: I was at a KSS (Kattas Sorte Sirkel; The Cat's Black Circle) get-together yesterday. KSS is basically what used to be the rock music fan-club of Katta (this is the abbreviation for my school, you guys), but it has since become the metal club since the leaders are more into metal. I met one of those guys at the Hove festival back in June, and I really liked him. He's an awesome guy, so I thought I'd go to those meetings. Lo and behold, his co-leader is sorta hot and funny. I join club. I have a good time. BUT I get mocked for my music tastes. Don't think they mean it in a mean way, though.

But really, I didn't get to where I am today by compromising, and I am not about to start doing it either. They can go listen to their gut-dripping, silly Cannibal Corpse and I can sit here and enjoy someone who can actually sing.
No intentional personal bashing if anyone who reads this so happens to like them, just saying that I don't. Also, if you really want to check out how much they suck/rule:
for the faint hearted
for the not so faint hearted

And oooh, Emilie Autumn is coming to Norway! :D She's this awesome lady with an awesome singing voice and electric violin. Yus, she's awesome. It's 90% certain that I'm going to see her in this itty bitty place, yay! I love small concerts. I'm also having total concert abstinences, I haven't been to one in two months.

I think I'm gonna go sleep now. Tomorrow is the last day of school before my autumn vacation. It's sort of sad, because I love to be in class, but at the same time it's really great cause I need some rest and to catch up with maths.

I just realized I'm totally careless. America's in this huge financial crisis, and I'm here writing about how much I love to spend my money.

I can deal with guilt tomorrow.

Night!

The more I think about it, the sadder Heath Ledger's death makes me. I saw

this icon today and I almost started crying. The worst part is that I am undoubtedly affected by the huge media coverage his death got. He was always an actor I liked, but if someone asked me to name my favourite actor, he would probably not be on the list. He definitely is now. I've been checking out movies he's played in after his death, and he is an amazing actor (may I be as bold as to compare him to Johnny Depp?). It just makes me sad that someone so great could pass away that easily.

Another interesting observation: I'm playing Beethoven!? How the fudge did I get that good on piano? Okay, so I'm not very good at playing the song yet, but I'll probably be able to play it decently in a month + (I'm terrible at practicing and with all the stuff that's going on and the mountainous amount of homework I'm getting I practially don't have a life anymore). It's funny, cause I had a period where I didn't practice at all, and my mom was actually considering persuading me to quit. I'm glad she didn't. I dream of one day being able to make music, and although that's a farfetched goal there is a remote possibility when I'm actually playing an instrument.

Russian is incredible! I love that subject to bits and pieces. I'm having a bit trouble with the different ch - ts - tsj - z - etc. sounds, but otherwise than that I'm severely impressed by the rate my class have learnt the alphabet.

Emilie Autumn is coming to Norway! Ooooh yay! Best part is that she's coming to this tiny club and tickets are ridiculously cheap in comparison to most concerts over here. I've found out that small venues are really fun. Was at one yesterday where a friend of mine and his band were supposed to play, but the vocalist/bass player got sick, so the drummer and guitarist (my friend) got hold of a trombone player and improvised. I've never laughed that hard on a gig before, God XD Also, I partially saw the set of this band whose name I cannot remember (OK, I found out: Power Chain) but they were sorta cool. bokhylle, when Veera comes, wanna go see them? They're playing at UrraRock which is at Uranienborg skole. Gotta discuss it with her too, of course.

I'm leaving for Iceland today, coming back the 7th. Drat everything in this world for me losing my camera. I might steal some space from my sister, though, so I can post some pictures. Dammit, I haven't done ANY of the concert posts either. It's not like a whole lot of people care, but I like having it written down so I can go back and read things over.

Anyway. I haven't been doing much lately besides lurking around with my friends, both old and new. And I think I'm finally over that damned crush on Adrian, yay! This is something that is defintitely worth celebrating. I still love him, but in a completely different way. It's so relieving :D
Also, there's this guy who's expressing interest in me, but I'm not sure if I'm really that into him. I mean, he's a nice guy, funny and sweet (he's even in a band) but I just don't have those feelings for him. I love the feeling of being validated but I want to keep my options open too, in case there are any nice guys at my new school.

About that: I was accepted to the school I wanted! YAY! It's called Oslo katedralskole, and is widely known as the best school in Oslo. Henrik Wergeland, Edvard Munch, Jostein Gaarder and our Prime Minister, amongst others, have attended this school. I have one of my definitely better friends there (namely nokomedandrea. Babe, expect a snuggleglomp first day of school), and bokhylle is most likely going to go there with me too. :D I'm so excited, I've met two or three others who go to this school already this summer, and they are literally fabulous. I can't wait for the 18th.

And, in case you didn't notice, I've changed my icons. I have yet to do some minor adjustments, but I'm much more happy with how everything is now.

Right now, life is good.

This is (l to r) Tiril and me, btw.

We haven't gotten our internet yet, and the connection to the ones I'm leeching off is bad. Interneting will be resumed on the 23rd, hopefully. That's when we're supposed to get it, anyway.

I'm working on giving my icon batch a total makeover. I have a ton of icons I want and only room for 15 D: LJ should expand it to 20. If having unlimited space for icons is one of the pros of having a paid account, 5 icons won't matter much in the grand scheme of things.

Aaaaaannnd my picture with the Dolls cuz I can't contain my excitement about it. When I stood there I was so OMG WHAT TO DO WHEN ARE YOU TAKING THE PICTURE HOW DOES MY FACE LOOK? and I've been walking around thinking that my smile looked totally fake. Turns out it didn't. I dunno what the hell John is on, but I love his expression xD ♥ I've edited it, but only the red in our eyes. My eyes didn't have an iris or anything, they were just all over red. It was slightly scary, to be honest. I look totally ridiculous, try to ignore that, eh? And as you probably can see, my hair has faded quite a bit.



Gah, the picture's grainy. I resized it in rich mode, not photoshop. Well, lesson learned. Right now I was just anxious to get the entry done before the 'net decides to die on me. Fixed :D

I'm leaving for England on Tuesday :D Landing in Nottighamshire, taking train or similar to Liverpool, trudge around there for two days and then; meet the friggin Goo Goo Dolls. IIIIIIH! I'm so excited, the reality of it has finally hit me. Or, at least it feels more real than what it did a week ago. I started counting down when there was 88 days left. Now it's 7 days to go. I've got butterflies in my stomach. *faliling around*

I need to get hold of If by Mindless Self Indulgence, No, Virginia.. by the Dresden Dolls, ***** by Fall Out Boy, maybe the Alien Ant Farm albums and other misc. music-things. Oh, and and the Host by Stephenie Meyer. Mustn't forget the books.

The internet is as unstable as it has been the few days I've lived here. It's a source of great nuisance. It doesn't help my insomania either, I sit up late at night trying to get online. I slept a total of 30 minutes this night until I decided to get up around 8. It's really exhausting, and I believe I've caught a cold because I haven't really slept normally since before Hove. I did sleep a bit around 2 P.M. but I tried to keep it to a minimum, so I'm really tired tonight and will fall asleep right away. At least, that's the plan.
Ugh. I just do not want to be sick when I'm in England. That would be a bummer.

Happy Independence Day to my Americun fwiends! And a happy Goo Goo Dolls day in Buffalo, New York..

I'm looking for new icons. Again. I fell head over heels in love with the Joker when I watched Batman earlier today, I need an icon of him. Comics = ♥

I'm done with Nordberg. Forever. HA HA HA IT FEELS SO GOOD. I'm tempted to run around and wave my middle finger in the air at the people there, really. Not going to do that, though, I won't stoop to their level.
I just hope those who planned to throw paint at this fugly stone in the school yard go through with it. Everyone in my year hated that damned thing, our previous principal wanted to have it on our school sweaters etc. No. Just ..no.

Although, I'm not gonna get rid of my school that easy *le sigh* My mom is moving a minute away from the school, walking distance >: My sister will also be a pupil there two more years, so I'll undoubtedly hear more from that damned place. Oh well, as long as I don't have to be there every day I think I can live through it.

I got a 4 on my oral exam, did I say that? I'm not happy with that at all, and I do not agree with the evaluation that led to that grade. Alas, there's no point in complaining as it won't make any difference to my acceptance to the school I want to go to. BUT I got a 6 on my written exam, so it evens out. My grade has sunk with 0.10 points, and in theory this shouldn't really make a difference seeing as the lower limit was 5.06 as grade average, and there's been a lot of speculation about this limit going lower (it's a question of how many applicants the school gets and their grades). I do have 5.06 exactly, so I think I could get in but I'm not going to take any chances and make sure I have a regional advantage by "moving to my granddad". Cunning, oh yes.

To end the school rant, I can start telling you about what I've been up to lately.

I've been to Norwegian Wood, which was amazing. I got to see a lot of fantastic bands, and Billy Talent even played a new song! :D I'm thinking I'll make a recap-post sometime but I can't promise anything seeing as when I promise things they never happen. I also got to meet Veera, a girl I until then had only known over teh internetz. That was a lot of fun and she is just way cute. I also got to hang out with Ida, a friend I've had since third grade or sometime around then. I've nearly always been in her class, so I'm glad I had this opportunity to do something really fun together before we go our seperate ways to different schools.

I saw The Happening today. What a vaste of money. I'm starting to think that M. Night Shyalaman, despite his awesome name, is a totally rubbish director. The movie itself seemed like a good movie in the start and until near the ending, where it tripped over it's own feet and went "OOOMPF!" on it's face. I remember seeing The Village some time ago, and the same thing happened then. It was pretty brilliant until the very end, where everything just sucked balls.
I'm not even going to say anything about the actors, but I think I hate Zooey Deschanel.

Tomorrow I'll be departing for Arendal and the Hove Festival for the second time in my life. It's funny to think that I can go back and read my older entries about the first time. It seems like such a long time ago.
The festival has already begun, it did today. I think Jay-Z is playing right now. Oh well, no big loss. My main reason for wanting to go there is tomorrow, when Panic At The Disco, The Kooks and The Wombats play. Then there's The Used on Friday, also a band very high on my list. There are also bands such as In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Beck, Avenged Sevenfold, The Raconteurs and Bad Religion that I want to see, but there's no big loss if I don't.
And overall I just like to be at a happening where music is the main focus of a mass gathering.

I've also changed my layout, courtesy of butterflybox.
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Check it out

..and peace out and that jazz, eh?